Reading Time (Guest Post by Havilah)

On my best days I used to get in trouble for being too interesting.
In reading time, morning and evening, I would always find some way to trick the child in Mama's arms to squirm out and start playing with me. Distracting the Little Ones During Reading Time became a serious offense because of me. Sometimes I wasn't even doing it on purpose.
As Papa opened the bible tonight, I lay down on the floor, on top of the crack that air from under the house blows through on cold days.
No sooner had my spine started to un-kink than I looked up and caught Nelinha's eye. She grinned like I had just told her a joke and started twisting backwards out of Mama's arms. Whilst communicating that I should pay attention, she picked up a shoe and offered it to me.
"Thank you, but what am I supposed to do with this?" I whispered.
She shrugged and handed me another shoe.
Compliantly, I balanced the shoes on top of my feet in the air. She laughed appreciatively and gave me the shoes again.
"I'm not doing it again," I whispered. It was distracting enough the first time.
She put her hand on her forehead. She wouldn't take no for an answer.
"I'm sorry." I said.
She glared at me, kept her hand on her forehead and didn't take it off for the next five minutes.
This caused an uproar of general appreciation of her cuteness.

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